Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive/September 2006 completed

This is an archive page for Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub Sorting. Please move completed September discussions to this page as they occur, add discussion headers to each proposal showing the result, and leave any incomplete discussions on the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Proposals page for now.

Those who create a stub template/cat should be responsible for moving the discussion here. Any unresolved or rejected types can be migrated by consensus on the proposals page after a reasonable amount of time.

Stub proposers please note: Items tagged as "nocreate" or "no consensus" are welcome for re-proposal if and when circumstances are auspicious.

Discussion headers: {{sfp create}}, {{sfp nocreate}}, {{sfp other}} (for no consensus), or {{sfp top}} for customized result description (use {{sfp top|result}})
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September 2006

Sao Tome geo-stub, plus ten more template-only geo-stubs

Local History stubs

Split of {{US-struct-stub}} on geographic lines

Vale of Glamorgan geography stub

More Swiss canton locations

Two more Chinese provinces

Chennai-geo-stub

NSW protected area stubs


Scottish musician stubs

Abkhazia stubs

Sex-stub icons

The pair of images for sex-related stubs is a pair of symbols representing male and female. In light of the fact that articles such as Anal eroticism are in this category, perhaps this is inappropriate. Sex (even between two people) is a broad area that, like it or not, includes homosexual and intersexed individuals to name even two examples. This choice of symbols caught my eye as an example of heteronormativity that has no place in an objective encyclopedia. I suggest simply removing the images until a suitible replacement has been found. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.249.20 (talkcontribs)

Well, since "sex-stub" simply refers to the two sexes, and doesn't necessarily indicate sexual activity of any sort ("sex" is not synonymous with sexual activity), all that symbol is doing is indicating the two sexes. How it can be assumed to be "heteronormative" to indicate that there are two different sexes is a mystery me. In any case, the symbol for heterosexuality is two interlinked symbols, one male and one female. These two symbols are deliberately not interlinked, because there is no intention to indicate heterosexuality on this template. Grutness...wha? 07:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps it would be more accurate to have a {{gender-stub}}. Her Pegship 18:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Gender is different than sex. See in particular Gender#Social category. -- SCZenz 20:16, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Um, yeah, I know, which is why I suggested it. This would separate stub articles about sex acts or technique from those having to do with gender issues. Just a thought. Her Pegship 21:25, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Have you guys read the Category:Sex stubs page? It looks to me like all, or at least 90% of those articles are about sexual activity or sexual acts between two people. If the stub category really just contains articles 'about the two sexes', then that would be different, and I'd agree, the symbols need not be changed. If however the stubs pertain to sexuality, which it appears to me at least that they do, then sexuality ought not to be symbolized only by a pair of male and female symbols. Your point about them not being interlinked is interesting, but to me, when I saw the two symbols as they were representing articles about sexuality, the message was clear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.249.20 (talkcontribs)

Classical music ensemble group band orchestra and other stubs

Law Stubs

Winter sports biography subcats

British Columbia school subcats

More physics subtypes

Swahili stubs

Bahrain

The latest geo-count - new templates, but no only one new category


Irish peers, or Irish nobles in general; with a view to tackling the UK-nobles in general

English cricket bio subcats

Splitting of European track and field athletics biographies

Islam stubs

Parachuting Stubs

Splitting Alberta geography stubs

Cricket ground stubs

European buildings and structures stubs


Teacher stubs

Splitting Category:Castile-La Mancha geography stubs: Cuenca and Albacete

Geology subcats

Boxing bios split

US tv station subcats

Slovakia geo stubs

Utah-State-Highway-stub


Scientific Journal to Academic Journal

Media-company-stub

Buildings and structures stubs by US state